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Date of publication Dec 09, 2005 Category: Book Review

Learning in a museum. Building knowledge as a social activity.

by Paola Rodari

While the model for transmitting scientific information a model that attributes the effects of a message on the public to the intent of the communicator mediated by text is increasingly becoming an exclusive tool for communication novices, other alternative models are emerging and most importantly field research is being tested and examined.

Volume 4Issue 032005
Date of publication Dec 09, 2005 Category: Book Review

Understanding science publics

by Daniele Gouthier

Exploring public attitudes towards science helps investigate the images of science and what the social representations of science are. In this regard, science communication plays a crucial role in its different ways of addressing different publics.

Volume 4Issue 012005
Date of publication Dec 09, 2005 Category: Book Review

Einstein, Picasso and ideas' pilgrimages

by Pietro Greco

Volume 3Issue 022004
Date of publication Dec 09, 2005 Category: Book Review

Handling uncertainty

by Giancarlo Sturloni

The management of health risks related to scientific and technological innovations has been the focus of a heated debate for a few years now. In some cases, like the campaigns against the use of GMOs in agriculture, this debate has degenerated into a political and social dispute. Even risk analysis studies, which appeared in the 1970s in the fields of nuclear physics and engineering and were later developed by social sciences as well, have given completely different, and at times contradictory, interpretations that, in turn, have given rise to bitter controversies.

Volume 3Issue 042004
Date of publication Dec 09, 2005 Category: Book Review

"Contare e raccontare. Dialogo sulle due culture"

by Maurizio Viezzi

Volume 2Issue 022003
Date of publication Dec 09, 2005 Category: Book Review

"The elegant universe" by Brian Greene

by Bruno Arpaia

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Volume 1Issue 012002
Date of publication Dec 09, 2005 Category: Book Review

Infinities: a tour through the infinities

by Silvana Barbacci

Volume 1Issue 022002
Date of publication Dec 09, 2005 Category: Book Review

"The constant gardener" by John Le Carré

by Bruno Arpaia

Volume 1Issue 012002
Date of publication Dec 09, 2005 Category: Book Review

"The constant gardener" by John Le Carré

by Pietro Greco

Volume 1Issue 012002
Date of publication Dec 09, 2005 Category: Book Review

"Un pubblico per la scienza. La divulgazione scientifica nell'Italia in formazione" of Paola Govoni

by Gianni Battimelli

Volume 2Issue 012003

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